Madelaine Petsch Responds to the Wildest "Riverdale" Fan Theories

Is Cheryl really a witch?

There's plenty of wild Riverdale fan theories that sound pretty plausible, but Madelaine Petsch recently chimed in on some of the most outrageous out there, and as it turns out, she's kind of into a few of them.

Madelaine sat down with ELLE to talk about the outlandish conspiracies and ideas fans have whipped up and to share her opinions on them. The first was whether or not Jason Blossom wasn't really Cheryl's twin, but Archie is. Madelaine quickly shut that one down quickly.

The next referenced another one of our favorite shows, positing that the upside down from Stranger Things is actually a town called – you guessed it – Riverdale, and in it, Barb is alive "and thriving." Madelaine loved that one, and agreed that it should be written into the show. The next was that Riverdale should do a High School Musical edition, in which Jason and Cheryl portray Ryan and Sharpay Evans. "Amazing," Madelaine said. "I would die." Another was that the visions Cheryl has about Jason aren't actually visions, but visitations from Jason's ghost, to which Madelaine said that was really "sad."

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But the theory that Madelaine seemed to agree with the most was the idea that the Blossom is actually a witch. "Okay, actually, this is weird, but if you guys recall in episode 1 of season 2, I kissed Luke (Fred) on the forehead, and his eyes opened like, two scenes later, and that has always made me question Cheryl's abilities." For those paying attention, you'll remember that this isn't the first time a Riverdale character was speculated to dabble in the dark arts.

Mädchen Amick also told Teen Vogue that some people think her character, Alice is a witch too. "I did a show before Riverdale that was called Witches of East End, and [fans are] still trying to bring back the show desperately. So any inkling of anything magical in Riverdale, they're like, 'We knew it! Alice Cooper is actually a witch!' So, it's pretty fun. Why not?" she said.

Madelaine agreed that she's super happy to see fans really internalizing and thinking through all of what's happening on the show, and honestly, we'll be interested to see whether or not some of them actually turn out to be true. Hey, stranger things have happened, especially in Riverdale.